Miles veenon



M. VERNON.

PAPER HOLDER.

(No Model.)

No. 366,902. Patented July 19, 1887.

l/Vl/EIVTOH Miles Vern o L- WITNESSES:

By MM Ai/A TTOB/VEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MILES VERNON, OF BROOKLYN, NEXV YORK.

PAPER-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,902, dated July 19,1887.

Application filed April 10, 1857. Serial No. 235,379. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MILEs VERNON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Paper Holders, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a holder for papers, bills, letters, and otherobjects, as set forth in the following specification and claims, andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a frontelevation, partly in section, of a holder. Fig. 2 is a plan View of aholder, part being broken away. Fig. 3 is a section in the plane a" :r,Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a perspective View of a holder.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, the letter A indicates a base orsupport of wood orothersuitable material. On the base can be placed an object, G, such asa sheet of music, a manuscript, or other article. The support A has aledge, B. An inclined pivot, O, is mounted in the ledge B.

A clamp, D, swings about said pivot. The clamp D is made in the shape ofan arm. A

head, E, on the arm or clamp D, enables the clamp to be readily swungback and forth. As the free end of the clamp D is swung to ward theledge B, said free end will approach the support A, and will clamp theobject G against such support. The clamping position of the clamp D isindicated in Fig. 2 by full lines. when swung away from the ledge B tothe position indicated in Fig. 2 by broken lines, the free end of theclamp D will rest at some distance from the support A, as seen in Fig.3, so that the object G can be readily removed from the support A.

The ledge B is provided with a wedgeshaped recess or opening, F, intowhich enters part of the clamp D. When the clamp is moved to itsclamping position, part of the clamp D is moved against an edge of therecess F, as also into the narrow part of the opening or recess F. Theclamp D will thereby be held firmly in its clamping position.

The inclined position of the pivot will cause the free end of the clampD to move toward the base A when the clamp D is swung from the positionshown in Fig. 3 to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and by havingthe clamp partly enter the wedge shaped recess F, as seen in Fig. 2,said free end of the clamp will be pressed against the base A. An0bjeet--such as a sheet of paper-can thus be clamped between the base Aand the clamp D.

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination, with a base, A, and ledge B, of an inclined pivotsecured to said ledge, and a clamp, D, made to swing on said inclinedpivot, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a base, A, and ledge B, of an inclined pivotsecured to said ledge, and a clamp, D, provided with ahead, E, and madeto swing on said inclined pivot, substant-iall y as set forth.

3. The combination, with a base, A, and ledge B, having a wedgeshapedrecess, of an inclined pivot secured to said ledge, and a clamp, D, madeto swing on said inclined pivot and adapted to partly enter saidwedge-shaped recess, substantially as set forth. V

4. The combination, with a base, A, and ledge B, having a wedge-shapedrecess, of a swinging clamp, D, adapted to swing against an edge of saidrecess, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof Ihavehereunto set my hand and seal in the presenceoftwosubserib-. ing witnesses.

MILES VERNON.

Vitnesses:

V. O. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER.

